By 2011, Utah can expect to be on the road to having one of the most updated and accessible compressed natural-gas infrastructures in the Mountain West.

Plans to upgrade and develop the state's CNG corridor are well under way, according to an executive with Utah's largest natural-gas utility.

Speaking Wednesday to the Public Utilities and Technology Interim Committee at the state Capitol, Craig Wagstaff, Questar Gas Co. general manager of customer relations, said the utility plans to spend $12.1 million over the next 18 months on infrastructure for natural-gas vehicles.

"We're in the process of currently laying out our upgrades of 18 stations," he said.

"We plan to move ahead aggressively over the next 18 months upgrading existing stations and bringing on several more," he said.

Today, the state and utility own and operate 25 NGV fueling stations that are open to the public


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